Improved cigarette



i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. o. EIoHARDs, or NEW YORK, N.' Y.

IMPROVED CIGARETTE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,660., dated May 9, 1865.

T9 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. C. RICHARDS, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a n W and useful lmprovementin Cigarettes; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description there' of, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,A forming part of this specification, inv which- Figure lis a perspective view of this invention when in operation. Fig. 2 isa detached perspective view 'of the mouth-piece in a `larger scale than the previous figure.

Similar letter of reference indicate like v parts.

This invention consists in the employment or use of short round pieces of rattan or bamboo for the mouth-pieces of cigarettes. The stems or stalks of rattan,whether thick or thin, are perforated in a longitudinal direction with a large num-ber of small channels, which extend Without interruption from one end to the other. A piece of any required length therefore,when

taken in the mouth, admits of a free .draft ofV This property air through these channels. has induced me to make use of suitable rounded pieces, A, of rattan for the mouth-pieces of cigarettes., I take a piece of suitable thickness, of Hany desiredlength, and draw the same through a steel plate perforated with one or more holes of the requisite size. By this operation the rattan is made perfectly cylindrical and fit to be cut up in pieces of suitablelength for the mouth-pieces. The mouth-pieces thus .prepared are inserted in the ends of the wrappers of the cigarettes,- either by rolling them in during the time or after the wrappers are made, and the cigarettes are filled or charged il with tobacco in the usual manner. The small channels in the rattan mouth-piece admit ofa draft; but said channels are not large enough to admit even the smallest particles of tobacco, y and no tobacco is allowed to pass to the mouth Furthermore, these mouthy pieces are preferable to the ordinary mouth-` pieces made of a coil of paper, because they l allow of smoking the cigarette close to the end of the smoker'.

of the mouth-piece,whereas, if a cigarettelwith a paper mouthpiece is smoked close to the mouthpiece, the mouthvof the smoker is filled with thesmoke of burningpaper, and the cigarette leaves a disagreeable taste in his mouth.

My mouth-pieces are not liable to become soft when they come in contact with moisture. l They atfoid a good and rm hold to the teeth, j` and they can be manufactured ata compara`` II tively trilling expense.

The smoke in passing through thelargenum` y ber of small channels in my mouth-piece is cooled, and a cigarette made according to my l l invention is` more agreeable to smoke thanone l f with au ordinary mouth-piece.

I am aware that glass, porcelain, charcoal, l

and other materials have been used before to manufacture mouth pieces for cigarettes. This. therefore, I donot claim; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure,1

by Letters Patent, is`

Manufacturing theA mouth-pieces of cigar` ettes of` rattan or bamboo, in the manner and for the purposes described.

` T. Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, HENRY MoRRIs.

o. RICHARDS.` 

